House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced Tuesday morning they have officially opened a joint investigation into decisions made at the Obama Justice Department surrounding the FBI's criminal investigation into former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. They also want to know why the FBI kept quiet about ongoing investigations into members of the Trump campaign, like Paul Manafort, while publicly discussing the Clinton probe.

"Our justice system is represented by a blind-folded woman holding a set of scales. Those scales do not tip to the right or the left; they do not recognize wealth, power, or social status. The impartiality of our justice system is the bedrock of our republic and our fellow citizens must have confidence in its objectivity, independence, and evenhandedness. The law is the most equalizing force in this country. No entity or individual is exempt from oversight," Gowdy and Goodlatte released in a statement. "Decisions made by the Department of Justice in 2016 have led to a host of outstanding questions that must be answered."

The Committees will investigate the following:

-FBI's decision to publicly announce the investigation into Secretary Clinton's handling of classified information but not to publicly announce the investigation into campaign associates of then-candidate Donald Trump;
-FBI's decision to notify Congress by formal letter of the status of the investigation both in October and November of 2016;
-FBI's decision to appropriate full decision making in respect to charging or not charging Secretary Clinton to the -FBI rather than the DOJ; and
-FBI's timeline in respect to charging decisions.

"The Committees will review these decisions and others to better understand the reasoning behind how certain conclusions were drawn. Congress has a constitutional duty to preserve the integrity of our justice system by ensuring transparency and accountability of actions taken," the statement continues.

The Department of Justice and FBI have come under extra scrutiny in recent months after it was revealed former FBI Director James Comey drafted a letter exonerating Clinton long before agents were finished with their investigation. The letter was also drafted before Clinton and her top aides were interviewed for the case.

Comey was fired in May after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded he had usurped his authority by publicly announcing Clinton's exoneration. (read more)

Man, this just keeps getting better all the time doesn't it!!PRICELESS!!

Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier

The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.

Marc E. Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, to conduct the research.

After that, Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community, according to those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, retained the company in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Before that agreement, Fusion GPS’s research into Trump was funded by an unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.

The Clinton campaign and the DNC, through the law firm, continued to fund Fusion GPS’s research through the end of October 2016, days before Election Day. (read more)

Yes indeed. It looks like Hillary and the DNC are the ones who colluded with the Russians to interfere in our elections. Hillary and company hired Fusions GPS who in turn hired this British spy to create this dossier. The British spy traveled to Russia and colluded with the Russians to create the golden shower story.

This the same dossier that John McCain flew one of his people to Britton to pick up a copy and subsequently give a copy to the FBI. So the bottom line it is Hillary and company who colluded with the Russians to interfere with our election.

One article I read on this stated that an unnamed Republican had also contributed money to this effort! THAT is what the financial records will show and I'll be interested to see if Jeb Bush's campaign was the one that helped finance it! After all, the bushies are close friends with the clintons and the clintons are knee deep in this mess!

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
William Pitt, British Prime-Minister (1759-1806)

One article I read on this stated that an unnamed Republican had also contributed money to this effort! THAT is what the financial records will show and I'll be interested to see if Jeb Bush's campaign was the one that helped finance it! After all, the bushies are close friends with the clintons and the clintons are knee deep in this mess!

I know. We are all wondering who the Republican is. Some guesses are John McCain, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, some one with the Bush's and so on.

I know. We are all wondering who the Republican is. Some guesses are John McCain, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, some one with the Bush's and so on.

Yeah, my second choice for the Republicrap involved with this would be John McLame since he's had a "hard on" for President Trump since the early days of his campaign. I also wouldn't rule out Rove as that's the kind of asshole he is. Don't know about McRomney though? I think he's too much of a wimp and doesn't have the "stones" for it!

Hopefully we'll get an answer to this question soon.

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
William Pitt, British Prime-Minister (1759-1806)